It was bloody cold in the morning! In denial, I donned shorts, sure it would soon heat up. I was up with the sun which is a pretty early start these days, but I was happy to get going. I saw the same ranger at the entrance station and I wished her a curt good…

I was out of Cracker Barrel as quick as possible and on to the nearby highway. I stopped at the first picnic area after catching up on some news through the BBC podcast. I’ve been out of it for weeks. Apparently the North Korean leader’s half brother was killed with a chemical weapon. Nice, thanks…

When I woke, the sun was making colours in the sky, but it was still backstage. I opened the door to my van and lay in bed, watching the day come to me. Having a bit of seclusion, I had a shower at the back of the van before breakfast. I left camp just before…

I didn’t feel any better in the morning, still down on myself for what had happened last night. I did the bathroom thing. I did the breakfast thing. I got down on my knees and had a good look under all four corners of the Astro, making sure everything looked ok and felt tight. Thankfully,…

Thanks to the time difference I was up at bloody 5am or something stupid, so I hung out in Walmart like a cool kid, did some shopping to kill some time then finally drove over to the post office. Thanks to my experience with various American institutions, I was apprehensive, assuming only the worst as…

The fly net helped, but the buggers still pecked away at my feet. They must know that your feet are the body parts at the furthest swatting distance. I had some bites the size of quarters and they itched bad. Apart from that, I’d been pretty comfortable, happy to be out in the forest after…

I woke up with an alarm and did my usual Walmart routine of using the disabled bathroom which has its own sink within the stall to wash my hair and face. When I got back outside, the dark clouds had turned into rain, but it was only gentle. I worried about the weather for the…

When I thought I heard someone calling my name, I woke with a start. It was still dark and I panicked that someone had discovered me in my camp. I later found out it was John calling out to me at around 4:20am, well before I needed to be awake. It woke me up anyway….

This morning felt almost like routine. I went into John’s place for a shower and hung out in the living room while Bernie cleared his stuff out of the apartment. John sounded like he’d decided to come with me to the Space X launch, something he’d been pondering for a few days, not able to…

This morning, I had energy to burn so I went for an out-of-character early morning run. I started at the eighteenth hole and worked my way back along the course following the golf cart path, ignoring the many signs that said jogging, cycling and skating were not allowed on the path. These people just make…